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[Mike465 10+ year member]

Here is my true life experience with healthcare in Korea. I got super sick. Fever, sweating, sore throat.. basically felt like death. I laid in bed two days before realizing it wasnt going away and i needed to go to the doctor. It was after 5 on a friday so my only option was the emergency room. I didnt have to wait at all, and got right in. They did blood work, urine analysis, chest x-ray (lungs), swine flu test, neck x-ray (checkin my lymphoids), EKG, gave me IV fluids, antibiotics, and they sent me home with a bunch of medication.
Guess what the ER visit cost me, WITHOUT INSURANCE and being a FOREIGNER?

Less than $160 US ....

Also at one point i got an eye infection from my contacts. I went to a regular doctors office. Again, ZERO wait. He checked out my eyes and gave me a prescription to fill at the pharmacy. Without insurance the office visit cost me $15 and it was $15 to fill the prescription for antibiotics and eye drops.

So last week, back in the good old USA i got another eye infection.. went to the eye doctor.. waited half an hour to be seen and then was charged $78 for the office visit, $83 for eye drops (pharmacy) and told to make another appointment to follow it up. That visit cost me another $78.

So for the same thing, basically pink eye, cost me $30 in Korea and $240 in the US.

I cant imagine what the ER visit would have cost in the US.. but i bet A LOT more than $160

We need reform!

I few months back when I got into my car wreck. I went to the ER at 9:00 P.M. to get checked out because my chest was hurting. I was taken right back but had to sit in the exam room for 4 hours before a doctor came in and sent me for chest X-rays. After that I had to wait another two hours for him to come back and tell me that everything was ok. So when I left I had to pay a $100 co-pay for ER vistrs. Then I few hours later I get a call asking for me to come back becuase they looked over my X-ray again and saw hat I had a cracked sternum and they wanted to run more tests. I checked back into the ER at 11 A.M. and did not leave to until 6 P.M. that night at which time I had to pay another $100 co-pay.

I have Aetna and the total bill that the hospital charged them for me being there for one day was over $4k. Well Aetna paid all but $625.00 so I with the two co-pays and medication I paid $835.00.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I few months back when I got into my car wreck. I went to the ER at 9:00 P.M. to get checked out because my chest was hurting. I was taken right back but had to sit in the exam room for 4 hours before a doctor came in and sent me for chest X-rays. After that I had to wait another two hours for him to come back and tell me that everything was ok. So when I left I had to pay a $100 co-pay for ER vistrs. Then I few hours later I get a call asking for me to come back becuase they looked over my X-ray again and saw hat I had a cracked sternum and they wanted to run more tests. I checked back into the ER at 11 A.M. and did not leave to until 6 P.M. that night at which time I had to pay another $100 co-pay.

I have Aetna and the total bill that the hospital charged them for me being there for one day was over $4k. Well Aetna paid all but $625.00 so I with the two co-pays and medication I paid $835.00.

see this just proves...

AMERICA HAS THE BEST SYSTEM EVA!!!

we shouldnt change a thing.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

With my insurance I wouldn't have paid a dime though. I would have just handed them my HSA card.

lol .. because you would have already paid?

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

No, because I participate in a CDHP and I get free monies to use towards my healthcare on a debit card.

but you still paid some amount at some time didnt you?

or is your HSA completely employer funded?

 

[Mike465 10+ year member]

Wow, Obama would love you- you've completely bought into his propaganda, and haven't done any research.
To the US government, you are the perfect citizen. Way to go.

Well, this is the only thing that I am supporting Obama on so far. i believe you have not read more into this but only know what he media tells you

 

[Mike465 10+ year member]

see this just proves...
AMERICA HAS THE BEST SYSTEM EVA!!!

we shouldnt change a thing.

Haha you are right what I had to pay for just that one vist is far more than I would have been paid in taxes for universial health care.

 

[Mike465 10+ year member]

Well you were super fucking wrong on a lot of your assumptions for knowing so much about the current proposal.

Ok, the truth is out there but if you want to buy into what the media tells you then go ahead. I would defently encourage you to go live in another country were socialized medicine is around and see how your views will change.

Hell, in France they have doctors that you can call and they will come to your home and you don't have to pay for it (Yes, taxes pay for it but you do not have to pay the doctor anything). They even pay for college education. Even women who just gave birth the French government apoints a nanny to come to the home for 3 days a week to help the mother out.

 

[Mike465 10+ year member]

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You still would have had copays and coinsurance to pay on top of the taxes with the universal plan you goobernuts.

Um no, they would be no co-pay for your vistis. They only thing you will have to pay for is medication.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I pay $30 a month and receive $200 a month, therefore I'm netting $170 a month all pretax that goes into an interest bearing account that I keep for life.
So in my opinion, I'm making money, not paying any.

do you have any additional coverage.. like some super high deducible plan or is your debit card all you have?